Figurative Language

Life is one long scary roller coaster!

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Alliteration

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

Sarah couldn't wrap her head around the fact that her family was moving.

• simile

• alliteration

• idiom

• metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

I have a thousand and one things to do.

• Idiom

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5A

His grandfather is tall as a skyscraper.

• Hyperbole

• Repetition

• Simile

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Heather the hairdresser happily helped Hayley decide on her hairstyle.

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Hyperbole

• Idiom

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

The literary technique that is being used in the poem "Falling Down" is . . .

• Onomatopoeia

• Mood

• Repetition

• Tone

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The lake was a mirror.

• Hyperbole

• Simile

• Idiom

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

That boy walks around with a giant chip on his shoulder.

• Idiom

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

The morning sun smiled down on me as I walked to school.

• Repetition

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5A

The type of figurative language used in this poem is . . .

• Onomatopoeia

• Idiom

• Personification

• Simile

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6